Your Dog and Your Cat 



More beef juice can be given. As soon as the 

 puppies lap the milk freely weaning may be started. 



Weaning — Bottle Puppies. — It is essential that 

 the bottle puppy be weaned as early as possible in 

 order to eliminate much of the work of caring for 

 it. As soon as the puppy readily takes his milk 

 from a dish a small quantity of puppy meal, farina, 

 or Cream of Wheat may be mixed with it. At first 

 only sufificient should be used to make a thin paste, 

 later it may be gradually thickened. This may be 

 given only at one meal, but slowly it may displace 

 the plain milk feedings. As soon as the puppy is 

 getting the solid food entirely, the number of feed- 

 ings can be decreased to every four hours during 

 the day, with one feeding at night. Beef broth is, 

 then, gradually used to take the place of the milk. 

 Beef juice is given once or twice a day in teaspoon- 

 ful doses. Raw scrapped beef is next used in con- 

 nection with the puppy meal, starting with a half 

 teaspoonful once a day and increasing the amount 

 and number of feedings as the animal becomes ac- 

 customed to it. Boiled beef may then be substituted 

 for the raw meat, for a part or all of the feedings. 

 During this time the amount of puppy meal may be 

 increased if it is indicated. By the time it is six 

 weeks old the puppy should be getting the beef and 

 puppy meal exclusively. Water may be given as 

 soon as the puppy begins to lap. 



Breast Puppies. — Unless there is some special 

 reason for it they need not be weaned until they 



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